In 1979, in one of the northern Soviet cities, the police are investigating the murder of a man who was on his way home from the gold mines. The detectives track down the main suspect, Grigory Milinko. But the further the case progresses, the more complicated it becomes, as it turns out that the real Milinko died during the war. So someone stole his name. The criminal is declared wanted throughout the Soviet Union, but the crimes continue.
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Part of Московский Уголовный Розыск (Трилогия)
3 films
Cast
6 people
Oleg Basilashvili
Костенко
Known for
The Master and Margarita
Autumn Marathon
Andrei Boltnev
Кротов
Known for
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
Hard to Be a God
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Жуков
Known for
To the Lake
Brother
Murman Jinoria
Кардава
Also in
Confrontation
House in the Old District
Viktor Gogolev
Known for
Oblomov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Журавлёв
Known for
The Master and Margarita
Hard to Be a God
Semyon Aranovich Director · Yulian Semyonov Screenplay Aleksey Rodionov Cinematographer
First release November 10, 1985 · Produced in Russia · Original title Противостояние
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Противостояние
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 10, 1985
TV · Central Television USSR
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